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  • Thumbnail for Snake
    Snakes are elongated, limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes (/sɜːrˈpɛntiːz/). Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates...
    150 KB (15,062 words) - 22:59, 3 June 2024
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    also include handling the snakes or performing other seemingly dangerous acts, as well as other street performance staples, like juggling and sleight of...
    18 KB (2,085 words) - 03:58, 16 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Corn snake
    The corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus), sometimes called red rat snake, is a species of North American rat snake in the family Colubridae. The species...
    41 KB (4,800 words) - 08:38, 7 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sea snake
    terrestrial snakes in Australia. All sea snakes have paddle-like tails and many have laterally compressed bodies that give them an eel-like appearance...
    35 KB (3,936 words) - 16:46, 25 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Snakes in Chinese mythology
    Other snakes or snake-like beings sometimes include deities, such as Fuxi and Nüwa and Gong Gong. Sometimes, Fuxi and Nuwa are described as snakes with...
    12 KB (1,613 words) - 12:26, 19 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rat snake
    Rat snakes are members – along with kingsnakes, milk snakes, vine snakes and indigo snakes – of the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. They...
    23 KB (2,530 words) - 08:38, 7 June 2024
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    Yoga-kundalini Upanishad: "The divine power, Kundalini, shines like the stem of a young lotus; like a snake, coiled round upon herself she holds her tail in her...
    33 KB (3,830 words) - 20:08, 31 May 2024
  • Solid Snake (Japanese: ソリッド・スネーク, Hepburn: Soriddo Sunēku) is a fictional character from the Metal Gear series created by Hideo Kojima and developed and...
    79 KB (9,044 words) - 23:42, 2 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Inland taipan
    known as the western taipan, small-scaled snake, or fierce snake, is a species of extremely venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic...
    82 KB (8,186 words) - 01:21, 3 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pantherophis obsoletus
    commonly as the western rat snake, black rat snake, pilot black snake, or simply black snake, is a nonvenomous species of snake in the family Colubridae...
    22 KB (2,259 words) - 05:38, 16 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Garter snake
    Garter snake is the common name for small to medium-sized snakes belonging to the genus Thamnophis in the family Colubridae. Native to North and Central...
    29 KB (2,128 words) - 02:16, 3 June 2024
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    as "legless lizards") have secondarily lost their legs, and have long snake-like bodies. Some lizards, such as the forest-dwelling Draco, are able to glide...
    69 KB (6,675 words) - 12:01, 7 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Black snake (firework)
    "Black snake" is a term that can refer to at least three similar types of fireworks: the Pharaoh's snake, the sugar snake, or a popular retail composition...
    8 KB (948 words) - 01:49, 5 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Grass snake
    The grass snake (Natrix natrix), sometimes called the ringed snake or water snake, is a Eurasian semi-aquatic non-venomous colubrid snake. It is often...
    17 KB (1,945 words) - 02:42, 22 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chinese dragon
    Chinese dragons have many animal-like forms such as turtles and fish, but are most commonly depicted as snake-like with four legs. Academicians have...
    64 KB (7,102 words) - 13:47, 5 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tiger snake
    tiger snake (Notechis scutatus) is a large and highly venomous snake of southern Australia, including its coastal islands and Tasmania. These snakes are...
    16 KB (1,882 words) - 17:40, 21 May 2024
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    records a performance of the Noh play Aoi no Ue, and it is possible that snake-like demoness masks such as hannya were used. The differentiation of mask types...
    26 KB (2,739 words) - 01:30, 19 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Common snapping turtle
    with its powerful beak-like jaws, and highly mobile head and neck (hence the specific epithet serpentina, meaning "snake-like"). In water, it is likely...
    38 KB (4,473 words) - 15:03, 4 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mušḫuššu
    resembling the talons of an eagle, lion-like forelimbs, a long neck and tail, two horns on its head, a snake-like tongue, and a crest. The mušḫuššu most...
    7 KB (608 words) - 10:03, 15 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Coral snake
    Coral snakes are a large group of elapid snakes that can be divided into two distinct groups, the Old World coral snakes and New World coral snakes. There...
    46 KB (4,316 words) - 16:20, 2 June 2024
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